Brigitte & Wolfgang

Aside from traditional local weddings with 500+ guests, huge reception venue, 20+ in the wedding party including 2 best men, 2 maids of honor, and 3 flower girls, food prepared days in advance, a wedding procession mistaken for a parade, and all the bells and whistles... Sometimes the small and intimate weddings are the best.  They seem to bring out the very emotional side of a couple.  Although just as meaningful, there is a certain ambiance about a two person affair that sets the mood and brings out the the "love"  On this day, this couple didn't even care that we were there.

Working with Brigitte and Wolfgang, it was easy to photograph great images when everything they do was so REAL. I don't normally get couples like Brigitte and Wolfgang, in fact this was a first for me.  I love it when I hardly need to pose my subjects, when the newlyweds  set the mood, it's just a matter of shooting at the right shutter speed!

enjoy

Kianna & Gabe

Kianna & Gabe, had their services conducted at what most locals call "Stone Church" Over the years Livingstone Church, located on Alii Drive has gone through several changes, and venue seekers should find the grounds are more than adequete for wedding services.  A huge wedding party! with a very energetic reception that would follow! Here's some highlights of the event

Amber & Keoni

I recently had the chance to photograph Amber and Keoni's wedding day! And I must say I'm lucky I get to notice every little expression through the eye piece of my camera. A nice late afternoon ceremony, a reception with hula performances and dancing that would continue on into the night! Lighting and audio provided by Hawaii Sound & Vision http://www.hawaiisav.com/, I highly recommend these guys for your event, ask for Luckey Brown very cool guy. I also want to thank Amber & Keoni for giving us a room for the night at the newly renovated King Kam hotel!


Strobist: The ceremony photo's were just about impossible because of how stong the afternoon back light had become, and I knew it would be a problem ekkkkhhhh! Break out the secret weapons! I had previously stashed a SB600 hidden in the gazebo @ 1/4 power just in case, dont remember the rest of the settings, I was using a radio trigger to pop off the flash for some fill, there was no way I knew there was going to overpower that ambient, but it came out great. Night shots were done using a single Nikon SB24 bare flash also on a radio trigger and light stand ISO 800, 1/250th @ f9

Interesting weather...

I have been sick ALL week!!! it's my kryptonyte! Woke up at 4am to an amazing lightning storm that I watched move in from the ocean outside of keahole airport, and up Hualalai in less then 15 minutes! A great photo op for sure and I would have taken better photo's if it wasn't for me being hopped up on Nyquil and not to mention my son work up crying because of the lightning and thunder... and a pretty cool sunset sky, the colors were amazing

Merisa & Charles

Merisa and Charles had nice afternoon wedding ceremony under this canopy of trees at Honokohau Harbor Park. Shooting from and in the shade is a luxury that I don't usually have. The afternoon sun was bright, but the trees helped to block it all out, and only through small openings in the tree tops, light rays would beam through I loved it! The reception at the Yacht club highlighted the night, with lots of food, hula performances, including a beautiful solo dance by the Bride dedicated to the Groom as he watched on. Going through the photos I could tell that Merisa and Charles although both are very shy, they are also a VERY loving couple!

Kim & Craig

Kim & Craig planned their wedding on Halloween day, why not? Nobody gets married on Halloween, which explains why every minister, photographer, planner, musician, whatever... would be available on that day.  We all know that simple is always better.  The wedding location ended up being at a newly renovated private home on Alii Drive... very nice.  Claire and I were off to cover another wedding. On another note, nothing to do with the wedding I never realized how many homeless people live on the beaches of Alii Drive, it's shocking

Amber & Keoni

Amber & Keoni, have both been busy making preperations for their wedding in December, working, and along with taking care of their one year old son finding the time to do things is always a task in itself.  Amber had asked my wife about doing some last second engagment photos, and as busy as I am, we were able to squeeze something out of the early AM hours, here's what happened.